Rock/Dance Clubs and Venues

From 1987 to 1997, Aquilon, known as The Lift on Sunday nights, was the trendiest club in Cleveland's dance scene. It was located on Merwin Avenue in the Flats, right beneath the Detroit-Superior Bridge, later becoming The Smart Bar.

Known as simply The Longhorn to loyal patrons and music fans, Jay's Longhorn was one of the most important rock clubs in America in the 1970s and 1980s. Many national and international acts played their early in their careers as did many well known...

Tijuana??Yacht Club was a popular spot for young people in Indianapolis to hang out, dance, and play video games.

The Purple Gator was a concert venue located in the Magnolia Shopping Center off of Kings Highway near Restaurant Row in Myrtle Beach. It operated from 1987 to 1995 and welcomed many of the country's top musical acts.

Sudsy Malone's, officially, Sudsy Malone's Rock 'n Roll Laundry & Bar, and just Sudsy's to music fans, was a laundromat and rock & roll venue on Short Vine in Corryville. It opened in 1986 and hosted smaller rock and indie acts. During its run,...

Metropolis opened in the??Forest Fair Mall??in the spring of 2000. For 11 years patrons danced the night away. In 2011, the club declined to renew the lease with what was by then Cincinnati Mills.??

Filthy McNasty's was a club on the Sunset Strip owned by the McNasty Brothers, German immigrants who changed their names when they arrived in America. The club opened in the 1960s and was rebranded as Central in the 1980s, and the Viper Room in...

The Grande Ballroom opened in 1929 and was at first a venue for jazz and big band music. It later gained fame as a rock & roll club featuring national acts as well as home-grown legends such as The Stooges and MC5. The venue's...

A bit of an anomaly in Nashville at the time, Cloud 9 was a disco on Hayes Street that opened in the mid-1970s. It was so popular, it programmed the music for five other clubs in Nashville as well as one in Knoxville.

Graffiti on Baum Blvd. was a music venue that hosted concerts and other events for 16 years, from 1994 to 2000. Local acts such as The Affordable Floors and Eleventh Hour played there, as well as national and international acts. The site is now...

The Grande Ballroom opened in 1929 and was at first a venue for jazz and big band music. It later gained fame as a rock & roll club featuring national acts as well as home-grown legends such as The Stooges and MC5. The venue's...

A beloved restaurant known for good food and good music in Dayton, Ohio was The Colony Club. The spot was owned by Jim Sullivan who had a popular dance band that played there for a number of years. In the mid 70's Don Mendenhall...

The Warehouse was a night club located, somewhat appropriately, at 1313 Vine St. in Over-The-Rhine. It operated from the early '90s to the early 2000s.

The Jockey Club in Newport, Kentucky, was Greater Cincinnati's punk rock club in the '80s. It hosted all the big names of the day, including The Circle Jerks, Husker Du, The Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, G.B.H., and more. Today, the building is occupied by...